Question of a semi-unrelated note. If I decided to go to law school at USC or UCLA, would I have to work in Cali? I like the idea of living there a few years for school and then moving on to NY or Chicago afterward.

found online, for fellow Rothman invitees. We have more competition than anticipated:

"How do we select candidates to apply? In addition, to selecting candidates who have already applied to the law school program, we utilize the Candidate Referral Service through LSAC to select students who fall within our profile group. Test scores and undergraduate GPAs are the primary pre-selection criteria we use when inviting candidates to apply. We typically invite about 1000 candidates to apply. For fall 2010, we had about 350 candidates submit an application. The application requires candidates to write a one to two page essay and submit an resume. Essays are reviewed by a committee of admissions staff, faculty, current Rothman scholars and members of the Rothman family. In late March, four finalists are flown to Los Angeles for a one-day interview. A finalist is named by April 15. It is an extremely rigorous and exciting process."

-Chloe Reid, Associate Dean and Dean of Admissions

so they invite 1000, 350 decide to write the extra essay, and they narrow it down to 4 from there?

jemthey17 wrote:Question of a semi-unrelated note. If I decided to go to law school at USC or UCLA, would I have to work in Cali? I like the idea of living there a few years for school and then moving on to NY or Chicago afterward.

You would be better served attending NU/Chicago/ other lower t14 probably. I would assume if you are high enough in your class rank, you would have the ability to be mobile. It is hard to say how it stands in other areas though, because if most students are leaving the state, they are doing so for biglaw in NY.

twinkletoes16 wrote:found online, for fellow Rothman invitees. We have more competition than anticipated:

"How do we select candidates to apply? In addition, to selecting candidates who have already applied to the law school program, we utilize the Candidate Referral Service through LSAC to select students who fall within our profile group. Test scores and undergraduate GPAs are the primary pre-selection criteria we use when inviting candidates to apply. We typically invite about 1000 candidates to apply. For fall 2010, we had about 350 candidates submit an application. The application requires candidates to write a one to two page essay and submit an resume. Essays are reviewed by a committee of admissions staff, faculty, current Rothman scholars and members of the Rothman family. In late March, four finalists are flown to Los Angeles for a one-day interview. A finalist is named by April 15. It is an extremely rigorous and exciting process."

-Chloe Reid, Associate Dean and Dean of Admissions

so they invite 1000, 350 decide to write the extra essay, and they narrow it down to 4 from there?

I think less than 10 people reported a Rothman invite on here. Not that TLS is totally representative but I can't imagine they invited anywhere close to 1000 this year. How many apps in total will they even get this year I wonder?

twinkletoes16 wrote:found online, for fellow Rothman invitees. We have more competition than anticipated:

"How do we select candidates to apply? In addition, to selecting candidates who have already applied to the law school program, we utilize the Candidate Referral Service through LSAC to select students who fall within our profile group. Test scores and undergraduate GPAs are the primary pre-selection criteria we use when inviting candidates to apply. We typically invite about 1000 candidates to apply. For fall 2010, we had about 350 candidates submit an application. The application requires candidates to write a one to two page essay and submit an resume. Essays are reviewed by a committee of admissions staff, faculty, current Rothman scholars and members of the Rothman family. In late March, four finalists are flown to Los Angeles for a one-day interview. A finalist is named by April 15. It is an extremely rigorous and exciting process."

-Chloe Reid, Associate Dean and Dean of Admissions

so they invite 1000, 350 decide to write the extra essay, and they narrow it down to 4 from there?

I think less than 10 people reported a Rothman invite on here. Not that TLS is totally representative but I can't imagine they invited anywhere close to 1000 this year. How many apps in total will they even get this year I wonder?

I got a Rothman invite. Not much of a poster here, I'm sure there are others like me!

twinkletoes16 wrote:found online, for fellow Rothman invitees. We have more competition than anticipated:

"How do we select candidates to apply? In addition, to selecting candidates who have already applied to the law school program, we utilize the Candidate Referral Service through LSAC to select students who fall within our profile group. Test scores and undergraduate GPAs are the primary pre-selection criteria we use when inviting candidates to apply. We typically invite about 1000 candidates to apply. For fall 2010, we had about 350 candidates submit an application. The application requires candidates to write a one to two page essay and submit an resume. Essays are reviewed by a committee of admissions staff, faculty, current Rothman scholars and members of the Rothman family. In late March, four finalists are flown to Los Angeles for a one-day interview. A finalist is named by April 15. It is an extremely rigorous and exciting process."

-Chloe Reid, Associate Dean and Dean of Admissions

so they invite 1000, 350 decide to write the extra essay, and they narrow it down to 4 from there?

I think less than 10 people reported a Rothman invite on here. Not that TLS is totally representative but I can't imagine they invited anywhere close to 1000 this year. How many apps in total will they even get this year I wonder?

they ware trying to beef up the amount of applicants I guess. They want people to try to convince people who get into top 10 schools to apply for the rothman. total applicants is likely between 3,500-4,000.

jemthey17 wrote:Question of a semi-unrelated note. If I decided to go to law school at USC or UCLA, would I have to work in Cali? I like the idea of living there a few years for school and then moving on to NY or Chicago afterward.

Semi-unrelated note: If you decide to go to USC or UCLA, don't call it Cali.

jemthey17 wrote:Question of a semi-unrelated note. If I decided to go to law school at USC or UCLA, would I have to work in Cali? I like the idea of living there a few years for school and then moving on to NY or Chicago afterward.

Semi-unrelated note: If you decide to go to USC or UCLA, don't call it Cali.

QFT. Having grown up in CA, I don't think I've ever met a Californian who likes it being called "Cali"

I'm from California and I use the word "Cali" occasionally. I don't love it by any stretch or overuse it, but sometimes it is nice to have an alternative to "California." Saying/typing that over and over again can be tiresome.